About the Authors

Bert Avau

Affiliation Translational Research Center for Gastrointestinal Disorders, Gut Peptide Research Lab, University of Leuven, Gasthuisberg O&N1, box 701, 3000 Leuven, Belgium

Dries Bauters

Affiliation Center for Molecular and Vascular Biology, University of Leuven, Gasthuisberg O&N1, box 911, 3000 Leuven, Belgium

Sandra Steensels

Affiliation Translational Research Center for Gastrointestinal Disorders, Gut Peptide Research Lab, University of Leuven, Gasthuisberg O&N1, box 701, 3000 Leuven, Belgium

Laurien Vancleef

Affiliation Translational Research Center for Gastrointestinal Disorders, Gut Peptide Research Lab, University of Leuven, Gasthuisberg O&N1, box 701, 3000 Leuven, Belgium

Jorien Laermans

Affiliation Translational Research Center for Gastrointestinal Disorders, Gut Peptide Research Lab, University of Leuven, Gasthuisberg O&N1, box 701, 3000 Leuven, Belgium

Jens Lesuisse

Affiliation Laboratory of Livestock Physiology, Department of Biosystems, University of Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 30, 3001 Leuven, Belgium

Johan Buyse

Affiliation Laboratory of Livestock Physiology, Department of Biosystems, University of Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 30, 3001 Leuven, Belgium

H. Roger Lijnen

Affiliation Center for Molecular and Vascular Biology, University of Leuven, Gasthuisberg O&N1, box 911, 3000 Leuven, Belgium

Jan Tack

Affiliation Translational Research Center for Gastrointestinal Disorders, Gut Peptide Research Lab, University of Leuven, Gasthuisberg O&N1, box 701, 3000 Leuven, Belgium

Inge Depoortere

inge.depoortere@med.kuleuven.be

Affiliation Translational Research Center for Gastrointestinal Disorders, Gut Peptide Research Lab, University of Leuven, Gasthuisberg O&N1, box 701, 3000 Leuven, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ID BA DB JB JT HRL. Performed the experiments: BA DB SS LV J. Laermans J. Lesuisse. Analyzed the data: BA DB J. Lesuisse. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JB HRL JT ID. Wrote the paper: BA DB ID.